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Article: The dream machine; Amazing Gadget Helped Branson Sleep In Balloon.(Features)
- Article from:
- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 28, 1998
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WHEN Richard Branson failed in his round-the-world ballooning attempt last week, it wasn't due to lack of sleep.
Because to help him rest in the cramped, noisy capsule, he used a slumber machine.
The device he used sends the user into a trance-like state, can reduce pain and induces sleep within ten minutes.
The machine, which is being used by the US Army and US Navy was invented by 26-year-old Richard Hanbury from London.
He introduced it to Branson as a means of improving the sleeping patterns of his Virgin Atlantic air crews.
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